A Tribute to Marion Walsh Riley

On Saturday March 10th the Skyline Restaurant will be hosting a dinner show in honor of Marion Walsh Riley. Tickets are $40 and include a dinner buffet and a great show featuring Jimmy Mazz. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Marion Walsh Riley Scholarship fund. Cocktails will be served starting at 6 followed by dinner at 7 and the show. What a wonderful way to pay tribute to a woman who has touched many lives. Through events like this and our annual golf tournaments Rileys has given over two hundred thousand dollars in scholarships to graduating seniors. Tickets will be on sale starting Wednesday, February 15th. They can be purchased at the studio, through the skyline restaurant or by calling Brenna DaSilva (860 8030580). Tickets must be purchased ahead of time and cannot be bought at the door. We hope to see all of you on March 10th!

Pointe Shoes!

Every young ballerina dreams of the day when their ballet teacher tells them they are ready to go up on pointe! For the past few years Rileys have developed a pre pointe class to ready our students for their first pair of pointe shoes. There are many factors that go into our decision to put our students up on pointe. Age, strength, flexibility and ballet technique all play a part in deciding whether we feel a student is ready for pointe shoes. That day our students dream of has arrived for four Riley's students! Congratulations to Allie Angelica, Kate Bardy, Bridgette Hattie, and Laura Scanlon on receiving your first pair of pointe shoes!

Riley's Holiday Benefit Raises $8,000 for Soup Kitchen

We are so proud to announce that the Hunger Has no Season Holiday Benefit has raised $8,000 for Enfield Loaves and Fishes. Our students put on two amazing performances that got everyone watching in the Christmas spirit. The day after our show we presented Priscilla with the check! She was so happy to inform us that our donation was the biggest she has ever received from an organization. We would like to thank our students parents and staff as well as all of the people throughout the community who time after time are there to show their support. This is truly what the holidays are all about. Great job everyone we couldn't be more proud of our Rileys Family. Please visit our photo galleries for more pictures of the show!

Santa & The Cool Yule Gang

Santa's Little Reindeer

Dancing in a Winter Wonderland!

Covered in Snow!

Riley's Students presenting the check at the Light Parade

(Photos by Jojo Cuevo and Robyn Radziewicz)

Costumes

It's that time of the year again! The time our parents dread the most but the kids look forward to! Costumes have all been picked out and ordered (some have even arrived already!). We ask that you take care of your costume balances ASAP!

Halloween Costume Contest

Although Halloween was cancelled in Enfield this year it didn't stop some of our Riley's students from putting together some great costumes! Here are the winners of the Riley's Halloween Costume Contest!

Sweetest Costume - Jenna Fahey

Best Group Costume - Peyton Wasileski

Best Use of Recital Costumes - Adrianna Rossignol

Best Zombie - Becca Angelica

Best Makeup - Aliza Greene

Best Character - Rachel Davis

Best Diva - Samantha Ceniglio

Scariest Costume - Kaleigh Thornhill

Cutest Costume - Alyssa Rossignol

Most Handsome Costume - J.D. Hunt

Most Creative - Elizabeth Hunt

Congratulations to all of our winners! Make sure to see K.T. for your special prize!